The Feynman Series is a companion project with The Sagan Series in hopes to promote scientific education and scientific literacy in the general population.
The Storm is here!
April 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
Path140
April 5, 2011 By 3 Comments
Is it possible to summarise all of human pathology into 140 characters or less? Michelle Johnston (aka @Eleytherius) thinks so…
Heart attack equipoise
March 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
Musings on the point of equipoise for investigating and discharging chest pain patients in light of a new paper in the Lancet describing a rapid rule-out protocol for acute coronary syndromes (the ASPECT trial).
The Art of Infarct Localisation
March 21, 2011 By 4 Comments
Brilliant images illustrating the art of myocardial infarct localisation by ECG interpretation.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 049
March 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Studies show that 73.2% of people start to develop FFFF withdrawal symptoms 168 hours after receiving the previous dose. Thus it would be inhumane to delay any longer… Bring on the funtabulous frivolity!
A Stand Against Big Pharma
March 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
Jelinek and Brown announce that Emergency Medicine Australasia is taking a stand against drug company advertising. The LITFL team applauds!
Placebo Weirdness
February 20, 2011 By 3 Comments
Check out @ProfessorFunk’s kinetic typography take on the utter weirdness of placebos, based on information from @BenGoldacre’s superlative book, Bad Science.
The Wisdom of Crowd Review
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Almost immediately after finishing ‘Time to publish then filter?’ – a post that highlighted a recent editorial in the BMJ outlining the need for an effective system of post-publication peer review — I came across this in the Annals of Emergency Medicine: Millard WB. The Wisdom of Crowds, the Madness of Crowds: Rethinking Peer Review [...]
Time to publish then filter?
January 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An editorial in the BMJ by Schriger and Altman highlights the failings of the peer review process and the need for effective post-publication peer review.
